Meg Whitman is making news. Not about her campaign, but about her spending: She’s set a record by spending $119 million of her own money in her race against Jerry Brown in the California Gubernatorial race.
(By the way, who doesn’t love saying Gubernatorial?)
With that much money, she could afford to pay the payrolls for all but four major league baseball teams. She could buy the Pirates four times, but unfortunately, she couldn’t come anywhere close to making payroll for the Yankees. She probably couldn’t pay for their starting rotation.
Meg could pay the entire roster of any NBA franchise; she could help her home state by taking care of the league leading Lakers at 91 million, with just enough room to pay Kobe’s legal bills.
If she wanted, she could buy out New Zealand. She’s spent more than the GNP of 129 or the 182 nations in the International Monetary Fund, including Kuwait, Ukraine, and the Kiwis.
And if she fancied coffee, she could get somewhere in the vicinity of 30 million Venti lattes, which would keep her caffeinated for just over 81,000 years. She could even get soy and still be good for many millennia to come.
The ironies: While it’s been estimated that California television viewers will see one of her commercials an average of 26 times per hour, Brown has more money left in his coffers, and Whitman still trails him in the race.
Maybe she needs to take her talents to another state.
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